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J. MILLER.

BAG FASTENER.

N0 65,499. Patented June 4, 1867.

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Be it known that I, JAMES hIILLl-IR, of Ovid, in the county of Clinton,and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Machine'orCombination for Fastenin the Mouths of Grain and other Bo s when in use'and I a Y I do hereby declare that the Following is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference heing had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon. V

Letter A is a piece of sole-leather or other substantial material,tln-cc-i'ourths of an inch over, and pierced with four holesftwo smallones to admit a string to attach said leather to hag, and twolarger toadmit the string with which thehag is to be tied. Letter B is a string.of leather or strong cord, the use of which is explained in the drawingmarked l). Letter 0 an iron hook, with an eye, as represented, toreceive the string which is to be permanently attached to said hook bytying; and when the string is properly adjusted said hook is to behooked into the bag at any convenient place to prevent the string fromslipping. Letter shows the manner of applying the string to the piece ofsole-leather, represented at a. At the lower righthand hole in saidpiece will be seen a knot on thcend ot' the string, said knot beinglarge enough to prevent it from slipping through the hole. The other endof the string is passed through the lower left-hand hole of said piece,being inserted on the side ofsaid piece opposite above-described knot.To this end of the string is attached the hook described at letter C.Letter E represents a bag fastened with the .a-bo veumchine orcombination. Lettersff show the string with which the piece ofsole-leather is attached to the bag.

Mode of Application.

Gather up the mouth of the bag, and then draw the string out asrepresented at letter I), and slip it over the mouth of the bag; takehold of the end of the string at the hook and draw it up tight; thenpass the string in the opposite direction from the knot-ted cnd two orthree times round the mouth of the bag. and insert the hook in the bagat any convenient place.

What. I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

The piece of sole-leather'br other substantial material, a, the leatherstrings or other strong cords, B and ff, and the iron hook C, combinedand arranged substantially as described.

JAMES MILLER.

Witnesses H. CUDDEBAGK, J. FITZGERALD.

